What's the worst "Party Food" you ever encountered?

10/11/2010 | Self

[Bean Counter]

With the holiday entertainment season upon us, it's time to compare notes about what the worst Party fare anyone has ever encountered. There are innumerable Culinary Disasters to relate out there, so why not start early and avoid an Entertainment Faux Pas of your own?

My wife and I worked for a title insurance company in Portland, Oregon for a while back around the turn of the Century, and we had numerous opportunities to experience some of the most goat-gagging recipes that people came up with for office pot-lucks and various event parties.

Some remain legendary, and my wife and I were dredging up a few of them tonight, hence this post.

Our joint vote goes to our Dearly departed former co-worker Rose, who presented the Staff with her personal offering of a very creative Jello mold; the recipe follows....

1 Package Lime Jello
1 Can Tuna Fish in Oil (it's important...)
Frozen Green Peas

Prepare the Jello per the box. To help cool it, add the frozen peas to the hot/warm jello (but make sure it is not hot enough to cook the peas...). As the Jello starts to set, add the partially drained Tuna, pour into the mold of your choice, and refrigerate until set.

To serve, turn the mold out onto a dinner plate, and the residual tuna smell will draw plenty of flies to garnish with...

The Tuna in Oil is important because when served, and as the mold warms to room temperature, the residual oil in the tuna adds a marvelous rainbow sheen (that contrast nicely with the fly wings) to the melting jello and the mostly raw peas....this recipe is obviously about the texture but don't discount the aroma...

[Chickensoup]

you forgot skunk.

[mylife]

Cuttlefish Pizza, Shakey’s Pizza, Tokyo Japan

[GladesGuru]

How about Ragou de Cheval el Lapin, made with one old horse and one apocryphal pubic hare.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

YARK!

[luvbach1]

German potato salad that sat out unrefrigerated for two days.

[ladyvet]

LOL...been there.

[luvbach1]

Spoiled clam chowder.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Anyone for some dried sea cucumbers?

[mylife]

OMG! I have had that one too!

No amount of beer could get the taste out of your mouth!

It was there hours later.

It’s a guy thing like BBQ duck heads, but those were actually good.

[luvbach1]

I like head cheese if it’s fresh.

[mylife]

Nutria, the other meat.

[JRandomFreeper]

Had the opportunity. Failed to find someone with the skillsets to process it. So I didn't/won't do that unless I meet 'Speaker to olfactory offensive weasels'.

/johnny

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Who's hungry?

[kalee]

Chocolate covered Turkish Delight is my favorite Christmas morning treat.
I love the stuff, one of my special childhood memories.
It us hard to find but then again if I had it every day it wouldn’t be so special.

[luvbach1]

Liver, kidney, and tripe stew, a Filipino specialty. I tried picking out the liver to eat but the kidneys’ strong flavor got the better of me.

[mylife]

The Lao are worse than that.
They add the semi digested contents of the gut to the sauce as well.

[justsaynomore]

Sheep eyes.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

[GladesGuru]

He was not curry combing the chili, he was carding it so it could be woven.

;-)

[mylife]

Baloney Quiche is underated.